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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that 25% of Russian gas supplies to Turkey would be paid for in roubles, and that an agreement on this would come into force ...

Five Lebanese banks were held up by depositors seeking access to their own money frozen in the banking system on Friday, in a spiralling spate of holdups this week spurred ...

At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Friday, separatist officials said, in attacks on three different areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces. Separatists ...

Kyrgyzstan reported “intense battles” with Tajikistan on Friday and said its Central Asian neighbour was moving forces and equipment to the border in the latest outbreak of violence to hit ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that a border conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia this week had “stabilised”, and a ceasefire had been in place ...

Turkish contractor IC Ictas re-captured a deal to build a $20-billion nuclear power plant run by Russia’s Rosatom at Akkuyu in southern Turkey, two sources with information on the ...

A diplomatic tussle intensified on Friday after Chile’s president put off accepting the credentials of Israel’s new ambassador to Santiago over the killing in the occupied West Bank ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday confirmed that she would make a snap visit to Armenia after border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan killed more than 200 ...

UK railway workers will stage further strikes early next month, the head of a British train operating company said on Thursday, after initial walkouts over a long-running pay dispute were ...

Lebanon’s parliament on Friday suspended talks on the 2022 budget after a walk-out by lawmakers sent attendance below quorum, further delaying efforts to complete requirements to access IMF funds to ...

Portugal’s parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday, bringing the most significant expansion of the alliance since the 1990s a ...

U.S. Senate votes on legislation protecting gay marriage on Thursday were put off until after the Nov. 8 congressional elections, as negotiators failed to win enough Republican support to ensure ...

The French government is now expected to launch its takeover of EDF by the end of September after a slight delay due to the complexity of clearing the offer price, ...

London’s police force said the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth will be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken as prime ministers, presidents and royals come together on ...

Amid the displays of emotion and deference since the death of Queen Elizabeth, the presence of one figure has added a discordant note to the solemn rituals leading up to ...

European flights faced widespread disruption on Friday as a French air traffic controllers’ strike forced airlines to cancel half of those scheduled to arrive or depart Paris airports and others ...

Russia’s economy is not likely to return to pre-war levels before the end of this decade as the Ukraine war and stricter sanctions worsen long-standing economic deficiencies, Scope Ratings ...

Israel’s annual consumer price index (CPI) of inflation dipped to a 4.6 per cent rate in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, easing from a 14-year high ...

Two police officers were stabbed in central London on Friday and are currently being treated in hospital, the Metropolitan Police Service said, adding that a man had been arrested on ...

The German subsidiary of Russian oil giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM) was placed under trusteeship on Friday, giving Germany’s federal regulator control of the PCK refinery in Schwedt, a key ...

At least eight people have been killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, authorities said on Friday, as rescuers continued to search for ...

Air Canada (AC.TO) on Thursday said it would buy electric planes for the first time with the acquisition of 30 battery-powered regional aircraft from Heart Aerospace, as more airlines turn ...

Turkey‘s intelligence chief has held multiple meetings with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus over the last few weeks, a sign of Russian efforts to encourage a thaw between states ...

Africa-focused fintech firm Flutterwave said on Wednesday it has added Nigeria’s eNaira as a payment option for merchants, a move that could help boost adoption of the digital currency. ...